Illinois House Bill 2556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Provides that a carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product, or poultry or poultry food product is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat or meat food product or poultry or poultry product but is a cell-cultured food product. Defines "cell-cultured food product". Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a food is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat or meat food product or poultry or poultry product but is a cell-cultured food product as defined in the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Effective immediately.

CELL-CULTURED FOOD PRODUCTS

Rep. Mike Murphy [R]

Rep. Timothy Butler [R]

Sen. Andrew Chesney [R]

Sen. Darren Bailey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
2019-03-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
2019-02-26	House	Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
2019-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
2019-02-13	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-13	House	First Reading
2019-02-13	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Murphy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	650	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	620	11	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2556&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2556.htm